Cleese is a surname from Britain; an English surname, and a Scottish surname originating from MacCleese/McCleese.
People
People with this name include:
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Alyce Cleese (born 1944), U.S. psychotherapist
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Cynthia Cleese
John Marwood Cleese ( ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and ...
(born 1971), UK actress
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John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese ( ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and ...
(born 1939), UK comedian, member of Monty Python's Flying Circus, whose family name originated as "Cheese"
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Other
Cleese may also refer to:
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Mount Cleese, the rubbish tip in Palmerston North, North Island, New Zealand
See also
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McCleese
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Leese (disambiguation) Leese may refer to: People
* The Leese family, an English aristocratic family
* Arnold Leese, a late British fascist politician
* Joseph Leese, a late British politician
* Oliver Leese, a late British World War II general
* Richard Leese, a British ...
Surnames of English origin